Reeling machine



Dec. 3, 1929. 1. COHEN I 1,738,170

REELING MACHINE Filed Sept. 6, 1927 f INVENTOR 275 27 [Side/8 Cohen ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 3, 1929 UNITED STATES rsrnonn oonmv, or new YORK, N. Y.

REELING Application filed September This invention relates to reeling devices and more particularly to winding machines for rolling up carpetings, such as rugs.

Among the objects of the invention is to generally improve a device of the character described, which shall comprise few and simple parts forming a compact machine which shall be inexpensive to manufacture, easy to operate and practical and eflicient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one possible embodiment of this invention i Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a reeling machine for rolling rugs embodying the inven- 5 tion with the winding rod dismounted from the power drum.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of the improved machine corresponding to a view as seen along from'line 22 in Fig. 1 showing a rug partially rolled up on the winding rod;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation view, partly in section, showing the machine parts in position with the rug fully wound; and

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the improved winding rod, partly broken away to show the construction. 1 Referring in detail to thedrawing, 10 denotes a reeling machine embodying the invention for rolling carpetings such as a rug It into a compact roll forstorage or transportation. Said machine may include a table or frame of any suitable construction. As here shown said table comprises spaced upright supporting members 11 interconnected by longitudinally extending brace bars 12 to form a rigid structure and a horizontal work top 13 mounted on said members. I

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a power drum 14 is provided to extend lengthwise the table top 13 adjacent an edge 13 thereof and pref- MACHINE 6, 1927. Serial No. 217,640.

erably slightly raised above the level of said top. Said drum 14 is mounted to turn with a shaft 15 journalled in suitable bearings 16 formed in the supporting members 11.

Where the machine 10 is constructed to accommodate wide strips of carpet or rugs the drum 14 may be formed of identical spaced sections to permit supporting the shaft 15 between said sections by a bearing 17 See Fig. 1. The drum 14 has a suitable non-abrasive friction surface such as provided by a piece of carpet 18, the napof which serves as a frictional engagement means on coming in contact with the rug R to be rolled as will hereinafter be described. a

The drum 14 may be rotated by suitable hand or power means in any well understood manner. Here said means are shown to comprise a power transmission including a driven sprocket 19 secured to turn with the shaft l 15, drive sprocket 20 connected with the sprocket 19 through the chain 21, reducing gearing 22, and an electric motor 23 adapted to be connected to a suitable electric power source through suitable control device (not shown) in the well understood manner.

The motor 23 and transmission gearing 22 maybe supported on a bed 24 mounted on the brace bars 12 of the frame under the table top 13, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A fixed stanchion 25 extends up from the frame adjacent each end of the drum 14 and may be supported in any suitable manner, as by bolts 26 screwed into the bearing caps 16. Preferably said stanchions are inclined with respect to a normally vertical line X-X passin through the axis of rotation of the roller 14 to provide sloping guides 25 along which the ends 27 of a pipe rod 27 rides when winding the rug It thereon.

The ends of the rod 27 are not attached to or supported by the stanchions but simplyvabuts the latter to permit the rod to adjust itself during the winding operation to the size of the roll of the rug on said rod. In order that the winding operation proceeds smoothly and evenly the guides 25 are so positioned and sloped to such adegree in the direction of rotation of the drum 14 so that the line of contact of the rolled rug R with the roller 14 (indicated at Y) is at or slightly in the rear of the line X-X, that is, considering the table top 13 situated at the front thereof.

To facilitate the removal of the pipe rod 27 from within the rug B after it is rolled up, the pipe rod 27 is preferably made collapsible. To this enda slip joint union 2? is provided in the mid-section of therod 27. Said joint permits easy removal of the rod in section simultaneously from both ends of the rolled rug as is ready understood.

The stanchions 25 may be provided with hinged pieces 28 pivoted to extend in front of the guides 25 for restingthe rod awa from the drum 14 when starting the win ing of the rug R thereon. Stop pins 28 limit the down swing of said pieces 28 which are swingable out of the path of movement of the rod end 27 along the'guides, as shown in the full and dotted lines in 2. Fixed pieces 29 may be provided to ext-end from backside of the stanchion for resting a spare rod 27 not in use or mounting the wound rug thereon for Winger packing; I

he operation of the improved machine '10 is now a parent. The rug R is spread over the table top 1 3 and one edge "portion thereof rolled a couple of turns: about therod-27, prefer'a'h-l'y, with the nds 27 of the :rod su orted on the pieces 28. The partially rolled por= tion of the rug on the rod 27 is laid to contact with the carpeted surface 18 of roller 14 an'dlthe motor 23 energized causing the roller 14 to revolve in the direction-indicated by the arrows in Figs; 2 and 3. The continuous ro= tation of the drum 14; winds the rug snugly on the rod 27, the ends: of the rod beingsli'dingly retained 'b'ythe' stanchions yet permitting-the :freerotation of the rod with the rolled portion of th rug. Said rod ends engage with the pieces 28 during the upward movement of the rod'and swing them from the dotted to the full line position shownin Fig. 2 out of the path of movement of said rod ends.

By positioning the stanchion to have'arearward slope "the ends of the rod moverean wardly as well as upwardly as the winding of the rug progresses so'that the contact oithe rolled portionof the rug with'the drum 14 atY, always refn'iains at the top or rearward of the line Thus when the drum ceases to re'volve 'there is no tendency for the wound-rug'to roll. forward on to the table top away from the operator who usually is stationed on the rear side of the drum 14.

After the rug has been completely wound 7 up on the rod, it may be suspended by resting I the ends of the rod on either the pieces 28 or ends of the rug roll, the

29 for tying or packing. The rug roll on the rod before being dismounted from the machine mayihave the rod removed simply by drawing the rod sections from the opposite slip joint union 27 connecting the 'sectionso'f the rodpermitting the ready disengagement of said sections as is readily understood from Fig. 4:.

VVit-h the improved machine 10 using a sectionalized rod a rug may be quickly and easily wound up as described above into a more compact body than is possible otherwise.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in "which the several objects of this invention are achieved and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use. i

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes mightbe made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matters herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A machine for rolling up carpets comprising a table, a power drum rotatably mounted to extend along one edge of the tabletop, spaced stanchions rigidly fixed to the table, said stanchions adapted to serve as guides for a rod on which a carpet may be wound when placed on the table top and actuated by said drum, the latter having a soft frictional surface for engaging with the carpet.

2. A machine for rolling up carpets comprising a table, a drum extending along one edge of the table-top, spaced bearings on the table for mounting theends of the drum, power means supported by the table for revolving said drum, a stanchion fixedly secured adjacent each bearing, said stanchions being adapted to serve as guides for the ends of a rod slidingly abutting thereagainst whereby a carpet spread on the table-top in cogtact with said drum may be wound on the r0 3. In a reeling device of the character described, the combination with a drum adapted to cooperate with a rod, of means for slidably and rotatably retaining the rod over the drum whereby a' strip of flexible material may be wound on the rod on rotation of the drum, and members pivotally secured to said means for supporting the rod out of engagement with said drum, said members being swingable out of' the path of the movement of said rod to permit the rod to engage the drum.

4. In a reeling machine of the character described, the combination with a drum adapted to cooperate with a rod, of means for slidably and rotatably retaining the rod over the drum whereby a strip of flexible material may be wound on the rod on rotation of the drum, and collapsible means for supporting the rod and wound material thereon spaced from the drum.

5. A machine for rolling up carpets comprising a table having a horizontal surface for supporting a carpet and a recessed section along one edge of said horizontal surface, a winding drum mounted on said table in the recessed section thereof and extending lengthwise of said edge of the table-top and projecting thereahove adapted to cooperate with a rod, and a pair of rearwardly inclined supports rigidly mounted on said table for slidably and rotatably retaining the rod over the drum.

6. A machine-for rolling up carpets, comprising a table, a drum extending along one edge of the table, spaced hearings on the table for the ends of the drum, power means supported by the table for revolving said drum, a stanchion rigidly mounted adjacent each bearing adapted to serve as a guide for an end of a rod slidably abutting along said stanchion whereby a carpet spread on the table in contact with said drum may he wound on said rod, said drum having a soft friction surface for engaging with the carpet.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ISIDORE COHEN. 

